Axis History Forum

This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the Axis nations and related topics hosted by the Axis History Factbook in cooperation with Christian Ankerstjerne’s Panzerworld and Christoph Awender's WW2 day by day.
Founded in 1999.

Discussions on all (non-biographical) aspects of the Freikorps, Reichswehr, Austrian Bundesheer, Heer, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Fallschirmjäger and the other Luftwaffe ground forces. Hosted by Christoph Awender.

Did the Wehrmacht specify a particular design for the bicycles that were going to be used by their troops, or did they just place large orders for designs that were already being manufactured? Which bicycle companies provided bikes for the Wehrmacht?

"Air superiority is a condition for all operations, at sea, in land, and in the air." - Air Marshal Arthur Tedder.

She told me that later in the war, when the Germans were running short of motor transport, they conducted mass requisitions of Dutch bicycles.

As a result, decades after the war, older Dutch people sometimes used to shout "Where's my bike?" at German tourists. I was told recently by a Dutchman I was driving to the airport that this still sometimes happens!